kevin schilling

Sunday, April 07, 2013 4:12 PM

Kevin Schilling of Metairie shows the big bass, at nine pounds, he caught Mardi Gras day on a waterway of City Park. A regular on the waterways of City Park, Schilling has been fishing the area since he was 10. Schilling used a stickbait to lure the fish and after a short fight was able to bring the fish out of the water. He took the bass to a local seafood market that provided the unofficial weight of nine-pounds. “It was a thrill to learn about this prize fish being reeled in,” said Kaye Florane, chairman of the Big Bass Rodeo held April 6 in City Park. “The folks that fish in City Park grow up on these lagoons and it’s wonderful to see a big catch. This record ... took 45-years to break; in 1968 Cecil Doiron caught an 8-pound, 1-ounce fish."